This subway entrance is diagonally across the boulevard, from
the old Alexanders building, now a Sears shopping center. The
busy station had a barber shop, florist and a pool hall downstairs,
between the surface and the token booth mezzanine level. Since
it was crammed into the storefronts that surrounded it, I guess
the transit authority assumed that passersby might not see it,
so they stuck a big, illuminated sign at the curb pointing to
it. Most subway entrances along Queens Boulevard are stairwells
placed in plain sight, smack dab in the middle of the sidewalk.
When I shot this in 1992, the storfront to the left was a restaurant.
Now it's a topless club.